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I was wondering the same thing. I found this explanation in the Community section from another jam:

https://itch.io/jam/cgj/topic/557644/score-vs-raw-score#:~:text=In%20that%20case%20you%20notice,will%20have%20score%20%3D%20raw%20score.

Hope that helps!

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That's very helpful.

After a quick scan of results, it looks like submissions with 41+ ratings have a raw score == adjusted score, while 40- have changes, which makes it seem like the median is 41.

So, let's take Fey and Druid Essentials, with 39 ratings as a test case: 

score: 3.826
raw score: 3.923

Using the formula from that other post ( "raw * sqrt(ratings / median)" ) we get sqrt(39/41)*3.923 = 3.826

Hmmm, does it work for Isle of the Bleeding Ghost (40 ratings, 3.875 raw score, 3.827 adjusted): sqrt(40/41)*3.875 = 3.827

OK, two data points, that's good enough for me!

Thanks. This was good to see. Explains how the score dropped. 

thanks for the explanation.